Spring 2024 Capstone & Symposium

Biology

June 7th, 2024

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Oral Presentations: Innovation Hall 111 | 9:00 PM to 3:45 PM

Poster Sessions: Innovation Hall 1st and 2rd floor | 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | View Posters Here

8:55 AM - 9:00 AM

Welcome & Introductions

Dr. Alaron Lewis, Division Chair Biological Sciences

9:00 AM - 9:05 AM

Overview of Hillesland Lab Study System

Faith Lambert

Max Rimando

Sarah Mensah

Biology

Biology
Minor: Chemistry

Biology
Minor: Neuroscience

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kristina Hillesland

9:05 AM - 9:25 AM

Using Genetics to Find a Lost Microbial Evolution Line

Monserrat Alvarez

Elizabeth Hawks

Arthur Ngiam

Faith Lambert

Biology

Biology

Biology

Biology

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kristina Hillesland

9:25 AM - 9:45 AM

Can Symbiosis Between D. Vulgaris and M. Maripaludis Evolve?

Sarah Mensah

Shrinithi Arunkumar

Andrea Lee

Kiet Tran

Biology
Minor: Neuroscience

Biology
Minor: Neuroscience

Biology

Biology

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kristina Hillesland

9:45 AM - 10:05 AM

Exploring the Loss of Sulfate Respiration in Desulfoibrio Vulgaris After Syntrophic Evolution

Anushka Banwari

Sri Yellampally

Mays Hamaydeh

Max Rimando

Biology

Biochemistry

Biology

Biology
Minor: Chemistry

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kristina Hillesland

10:05 AM - 10:10 AM

Break

10:10 AM - 10:25 AM

Age and Growth in an Understudied Washington Native Species

Em McLaughlin

Elina Plornish

Premajor

Premajor

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jeff Jensen

10:25 AM - 10:45 AM

Morphological Variations and Key Evolutionary Innovations: Pharyngeal Jaws in Surfperch (Embiotocidae)

Kenna Sampayan

Ruben Koshy

Monica Hoang

Premajor

Premajor

Biology
Minor: Creative Writing

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jeff Jensen

10:45 AM - 11:05 AM

Froggy Forensics - Using eDNA to Locate Invasive Frogs

Gianni Modafferi

Willow Anderson

Vladislav Nakul

Ellee Manwell

Biology
Minor: Health Studies

Biology

Biology

Biology

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jeff Jensen

11:05 AM - 11:25 AM

Utilizing Environmental DNA for Monitoring Vulnerable Species: Lake Sammamish Kokanee

Nathan Roberts

Dan Nguyen

Andrew Eickhoff

Extended Premajor

Biology

Biology

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Jeff Jensen

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Poster Presentation

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Awards Ceremony

2:00 PM - 2:25 PM

The Effect of Plant-Associated Bacteria on Agricultural Crops

Lila Balakrishnan

Samantha Buck

Elijah Carroll

Nik Maletira

Jensie-Apryle Morano

Melike Yuksel

Biology

Biology
Minor: Neuroscience

Biology

Biology

Biology
Minor: Health Studies

Biology
Minor: Health Studies

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Zareen Narayanan

2:25 PM - 2:50 PM

Beneficial Impacts of Bacterial Consortia for growth of Corn and Peppers

Michelle Monteza

Hassan Goreish

Alexsander Kim

Brian Nguyen

Christine Yna Phan

Aniket PrabhuDessai

Biology

Biology

Biology
Minor: Neuroscience

Biology
Minor: Health Studies

Biology

Biology
Neuroscience

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Zareen Narayanan

2:55 PM - 3:10 PM

Ultra Deep Duplex Sequencing of Colorectal Cancer Driver Genes Gives Insight into How CRC Begins Through Somatic Evolution

Isabelle Singh

Brendan F Kohrn

Jeanne Uy Fredrickson

Elena Latorre-Esteves

Chris Sande

Alexis Blokker

Biology

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Rosana Risques

3:10 PM - 3:35 PM

P53 Project

Paola Bejines Hernandez

Ahmad Elarab

Alana Mendez

Sage Myers

Jacob Spann

Sidra Yousaf

Biology
Minor: Neuroscience

Biology

Biology

Biology
Minor: Neuroscience

Biology

Community Psychology
Biology
Minor: Neuroscience

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alaron Lewis

3:35 PM - 4:00 PM

GMP & GLP Project

Aedan Azeka

Clara Cessna

Erick De La O

Edgar Ordonez

Ajay Sandhu

Michelle Vo

Biology
Minor: Creative Writing

Biology

Biology

Biology

Biology

Biology

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Alaron Lewis